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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index 2d87d8c..b5f2bdf 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -371,14 +371,6 @@ These functions create new file objects. (See also :func:`open`.) This function is obsolete. Use the :mod:`subprocess` module. -.. function:: tmpfile() - - Return a new file object opened in update mode (``w+b``). The file has no - directory entries associated with it and will be automatically deleted once - there are no file descriptors for the file. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, - Windows. - - .. _os-fd-ops: File Descriptor Operations @@ -1077,53 +1069,6 @@ Files and Directories Create a symbolic link pointing to *src* named *dst*. Availability: Unix. -.. function:: tempnam([dir[, prefix]]) - - Return a unique path name that is reasonable for creating a temporary file. - This will be an absolute path that names a potential directory entry in the - directory *dir* or a common location for temporary files if *dir* is omitted or - ``None``. If given and not ``None``, *prefix* is used to provide a short prefix - to the filename. Applications are responsible for properly creating and - managing files created using paths returned by :func:`tempnam`; no automatic - cleanup is provided. On Unix, the environment variable :envvar:`TMPDIR` - overrides *dir*, while on Windows the :envvar:`TMP` is used. The specific - behavior of this function depends on the C library implementation; some aspects - are underspecified in system documentation. - - .. warning:: - - Use of :func:`tempnam` is vulnerable to symlink attacks; consider using - :func:`tmpfile` (section :ref:`os-newstreams`) instead. - - Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows. - - -.. function:: tmpnam() - - Return a unique path name that is reasonable for creating a temporary file. - This will be an absolute path that names a potential directory entry in a common - location for temporary files. Applications are responsible for properly - creating and managing files created using paths returned by :func:`tmpnam`; no - automatic cleanup is provided. - - .. warning:: - - Use of :func:`tmpnam` is vulnerable to symlink attacks; consider using - :func:`tmpfile` (section :ref:`os-newstreams`) instead. - - Availability: Unix, Windows. This function probably shouldn't be used on - Windows, though: Microsoft's implementation of :func:`tmpnam` always creates a - name in the root directory of the current drive, and that's generally a poor - location for a temp file (depending on privileges, you may not even be able to - open a file using this name). - - -.. data:: TMP_MAX - - The maximum number of unique names that :func:`tmpnam` will generate before - reusing names. - - .. function:: unlink(path) Remove the file *path*. This is the same function as :func:`remove`; the |